Belmont, California - Basic Facts

The City of Belmont
had
a population of 27,041 as of July 1, 2016.
Belmont ranks in
the upper quartile for Population Density
when compared to the other cities, towns and Census Designated Places (CDPs) in California. See peer rankings below.

The primary coordinate point for Belmont is located at latitude 37.5144 and longitude -122.2945 in San Mateo County.
The formal boundaries for the City of Belmont (see map below) encompass a land area of 4.63 sq. miles and a water area of 0.01 sq. miles.
San Mateo County is in the Pacific time zone (GMT -8). The elevation is 43 feet.

The City of Belmont (GNIS ID: 2409826) has a C1 Census Class Code which indicates an active incorporated place that does not serve as a county subdivision equivalent. It also has a Functional Status Code of "A" which identifies an active government providing primary general-purpose functions.

California is one of 20 states where Census County Divisions (CCDs) are used for statistical tracking of subdivisions within each county. The City of Belmont is located within San Mateo CCD of San Mateo County.

Beneath the boundary map are tables with Belmont population, income and housing data, five-year growth projections and peer comparisons for key demographic data. The estimates are for July 1, 2016.

Alternate Unofficial Names for Belmont: Portezuelo de las Pulgas.

Neighborhood Data

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INCOME

GROWTH RATES

2010-2015

2015-2020

Population

0.73%

0.97%

Households

0.5%

0.84%

Families

0.5%

0.86%

Median Household Income

1.87%

Per Capita Income

1.6%

1) Population Density = Total Population per square mile.
2) The Diversity Index is a scale of 0 to 100 that represents the likelyhood that two persons, chosen at random from the same area, belong to different race or ethnic groups. If an area's entire population belongs to one race AND one ethnic group, then the area has zero diversity. An area's diversity index increases to 100 when the population is evenly divided into two or more race/ethnic groups.
Based on Census 2010 counts, the Diversity Index for the United States was 60.6 and it is expected to increase to 64.8 by July 1, 2018.

Belmont, CA - Peer Comparisons by Rank and Percentile

The table below compares Belmont to the other 1,516 incorporated cities, towns and CDPs in California by rank and percentile using July 1, 2016 data. The location Ranked # 1 has the highest value. A location that ranks higher than 75% of its peers would be in the 75th percentile of the peer group.